Question

Alex has a truck. 42% of the miles he drove last month were for work. If Alex drove 588 miles for work, how many miles did he drive last month all together?

Answer 1

Answer: 1,400

Step-by-step explanation:%

100

=

part

whole

42

100

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588

x

42x = 58,800

x = 1,400

Answer 2

Alex has driven Total of 1400 miles.

Explanation:

Given:

Miles Driven by Alex = 588 miles

Percentage mile driven by Alex = 42%

Solution:

Let the total miles driven by Alex be 'x'.

And given that 42% of the total miles he drive for work, which is 588 miles.

That means x multiplied with 42% is equal to 588.

So framing the above sentence in equation form, we get;

`x* 42\% =588`

Now we have to remove the percentile.

For this we have to divide 42 by 100, then we get;

`x*(42)/(100) = 588`

Multiplying by 100 on both side, using Multiplication Property we get;

`x*(42)/(100)* 100 = 588* 100\\\\42x=58800`

Dividing both side by 42 using Division Property we get;

`(42x)/(42)=(58800)/(42)\\\\x= 1400 \ miles`

Hence Alex has driven Total of 1400 miles.